The Indian Portrait

An online museum on the fascinating journey of Indian Portraits
from the collection of Anil Relia

Rini Dhumal

Rini Dhumal (b. 1948) Graphic Studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, 1979 Rini Dhumal, born in 1948 at Rongpur, Bangladesh, acquired her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Fine Arts from M S University, Baroda and later studied in Paris on a French Government scholarship with Sir SW Hayter at Atelier 17, followed by a stint […]

Latika Katt

Latika Katt (b. 1948) Uttarayan Sculpture Camp, Vadodara, 2008 Latika Katt was born in 1948 and graduated from The Doon School in Dehradun. She did her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Banaras Hindu University, her masters in Fine Art from M S University, Baroda and research scholarship, at the Slade School of Art, London. […]

Amrut Patel

Amrut Patel (b. 1947) Artist Camp, Jaipur, 2008 Amrut Patel was born in 1947 in a small village near Ahmedabad. He has a Diploma in Painting from Gujarat and got trained in Fresco and mural techniques at Banasthali Vidhyapith, Rajasthan. He began his career way back in the late sixties as a lecturer and then […]

Prabhakar Kolte

Prabhakar Kolte (b. 1946) Artist Camp, Manor, Maharashtra, 2009 Prabhakar Kolte was born in 1946 in Nerur Par, Maharashtra and did his diploma from the J. J. School of Art, Mumbai. He later taught at the institute from 1972 – 1994. During his initial years, Kotle took inspiration from the works of Paul Klee, a […]

Jai Zharotia

Jai Zharotia (b. 1945) Aranyavas Artist Camp, Ranakpur, 2013 Jai Zharotia was born in 1945 in New Delhi and graduated with a Diploma in Fine Arts from the Delhi College of Art. He has forayed into painting, print making and sculptures as well, but his interests lies with children’s educational projects. He worked on educational […]

P R Daroz

P R Daroz (b. 1944) Bihar Museum, Patna, 2016 Daroz Pandurangiah was born in 1944 in Hyderabad and graduated from the College of Fine Arts and Architecture, Hyderabad with a diploma in Applied Arts and Design in Sculpture. He completed his masters from the M S University, Baroda. The sculptures of Daroz’s reflect the transition […]

Vivan Sundaram

Vivan Sundaram (b. 1943) Art Gallery, Delhi, 2007 Vivan Sundaram was born in 1943 in Shimla and got educated from the Doon School, Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda and the Slade School of Fine Arts, London. He works in many different media, including painting, sculpture, print making, photography, installation, found objects and video art. He […]

Amit Ambalal

Amit Ambalal (b. 1943) Archer Artist meet, Nathdwara, 1999 Amit Ambalal was born in 1943 in Ahmedabad and was qualified in Arts, Commerce and Law. He was a businessman until the age of 36 but his childhood dream was to become a painter. So in 1977, he liquidated the family owned textile mill to pursue […]

Raghu Rai

Raghu Rai (b. 1942) Chhota Udepur, 1977 Raghunath Rai Chowdhry was born in 1942 in a small village of Jhhang, now in Pakistan. He started learning photography in 1962 and in 1965 joined The Statesman newspaper as its chief photographer. Impressed by an exhibit of his work in Paris in 1971, Henri Cartier-Bresson nominated Rai […]

Madhvi Parekh

Madhvi Parekh (b. 1942) Gallery Lemon Grasshopper, Ahmedabad, 2008 Madhvi Parekh was born in 1942 in Sanjaya and is a self-trained artist. Her father was a Gandhian and she married her husband Manu Parekh at the age of 15. She did not have aspirations to be an artist but beckoned by her husband she began […]